*walks into the empty abyss that is this blog*
Well, well, well, look who’s come crawling back to the blog she totally forgot about…
*squints at last post made on May 8, 2017*
… almost two years ago?!
Yikes, I didn’t know it had been that long. Time sure flies when you’re… doing nothing of significance.
No, I’m kidding. I actually have been a bit preoccupied to the point where I just never got around to updating this blog of mine with “new” and “insightful” content for … *ahem* a year and eight months.
I suppose the biggest change for me was going back to school in between my unexpected hiatus. I completed a certificate program for multimedia journalism and, since the majority of my credits earned during that program transfer over, I decided to continue with my journalism education by enrolling in graduate school. It’s very demanding and, despite aspirations to become a television producer, I feel like my writing isn’t what it used to be. There are so many amazing writers in my class and I felt like Cletus the slack-jawed yokel every time we had to edit each other’s papers.
SO, since 2019 has kicked off a week ago, I decided to make a New Year’s resolution: to be more active on all of my social media accounts including this blog. Also, to read more because I feel like I’ve let down every single one of my English teachers and Lin-Manuel Miranda during the last year and a half by not doing so.
Normally, I don’t make resolutions for the new year because I suck and never follow through with them. But, as a budding journalist, if I want my writing skills to be what they used to be (or better) and establish something of an audience (whether small or, you know, less small), I feel like this is a golden opportunity to get back to blogging and experiment with other sources of media (podcasts, vlogs, photos, etc. etc.)
Right now, I’m off for winter break so I have a little more free time to dedicate to this blog. However, I start classes during the last week of January and this semester is supposed to be even busier and demanding than the last. I will try to post every Saturday (possibly my only day off from February until May) with a post here and there during the week if I find the time — emphasis on try.
I already have a few posts in mind that I will be writing up in the next few days. I just recently returned from a trip to Los Angeles to visit my family, so be on the lookout for posts involving those shenanigans.
OK, fingers crossed I keep this blog up to date this year.
— e.m.
a junkie of writing 